Birdy and the Ghosties: Gripping Tales

Author(s): Jill Paton Walsh

Children & Young Adult

She looked once, and she saw the terrible ghosties! Sometimes Birdy watches her father row people across the dangerous sea, but when the wrinkled old woman asks to be ferried across, Birdy jumps in too. The woman tells Birdy she has second sight, but Birdy isn't sure she wants this special gift. However, soon she finds that looking twice at things can bring the most unexpected results!

General Information

  • : 9780750256537
  • : 186418
  • : 186418
  • : 0.11
  • : 27 November 2008
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Jill Paton Walsh
  • : Paperback
  • : Alan Marks
  • : 48
  • : Illustrations

More About The Product

Jill Paton Walsh is a distinguished writer, best-known for her adult novel, Knowledge of Angels, which was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize. Among her many children's titles are The Dolphin Crossing (widely acknowledged as a modern classic); Gaffer Samson's Luck (Winner of the Smarties Prize); The Emperor's Winding Sheet (Winner of the Whitbread Award) and Thomas and the Tinners (Winner of the Smarties Prize).